Morning Star and Catholic Melanger. nVw OerwLAS. SmNDAr, rsRUArT Ii. i-l. Rse the Morning Star and Cathoxe Meimager. MATIN HOUR. dueet moinag breass blowi the anlight peoua A wealth of radiance through the windows wide. Asmatia at the altar rail ador.s------- Beinerete image of God cruelted. The smay shower that about her plays .aesob's ladder seems-upoa the rays er puasee, I wes, m.ight dat, es pure. Mthoeal are a msaiden's theoghkts. Sat I T iat uger at the petl. vataly ty m My waudering thoughts to gather and aense heesmet. g fancy, to res my my ind ream the created to the Maker of no all, tad hepe that heavenly light o aill mankind K. saving grace abundantly may fall, :VESPER TIME. - leautooe and many tlated slant the beams Of snaeet I lstand Within the church door, airy dream., Kalsilcoctplc as the light that streams In raldaow glril c grand. Flent through the windows of my soul, and lead Mesa to holy thonght. The resary of the years gene by I read, tectoning each act of good ...

Morning Star and Catholic Messenger. SEW ORLEANS. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY Ii. ItC LETTER FROM MOBILE. Monu.a, February 3, 1872. To the Editor of omtIng Stars I know you. will be glad to bear from your occasional correspondent, particularly as he now sends you an account of the grand affair of the times. 'r4o followlng account appears in the Reglsteerof to-day: TIE GOLDEN WEDDING. It is indeed a rareloccurreace that a oonple, after half a century of unclouded wedded biss, gather around them their children and chil. dren's children, and celebrate their Golden Wedding. Such a pleasurable event, we may say blessing, took place yesterday in our city, the happy and venerable pair being Mr. and Mrs. Charles LeBaron, Of Mr. LeBaron it is hardly necessary for us to speak, le being one of our oldest and most respected citizens, a gentleman of the old school, polite, genial and affable-a man who in all the walks of life has acted well his part The remarkable occasion drew front Pensacola, New Orleans...

MUrning Star and Catholic Messenger, srEW ORLEABS, SURDAT. FEBRUARY 11. 18... CITY IUTZILIGCEOE. CUrRCH ITEMS. Isterestisg Cernesfe is Algiel.--It having been announced in the BrSa last Snuday, that the Rev. Father Selle, the young Msrist priest who was ordained last month by His Grace the Archbishop, would celebrate his first mass in the Algiers Catholic ohurchtthat morning at 9 o'clock the greater portion of the Catholic popu lace of the parish and many visitors from the city thronged the church at an early hour to witness the very interesting ceremonies. A procession having been formed, the Rev. clergy present proceeded from the pres bytery round to the front door of the chapel, thence to the altar, where a solemn High Mass was "ang by the young Father: Father Ronsd.l, of the Cathedral, acting as Deacon, and Father Gautherin, S. M., Sub deacon. After the first gospel, an eloquent sermon was delivered by the Rev. Father O'Reilly, of St. Louis, whose touching words upon the pries...

ernini- Star and Catholic Messenger. nEw ORWIAT&, S'DAY. EBRBUARY 11. ies-. ITtZ FROx ST. LOUIS. ..--- --...- ST. Locis, February 3, 1872. Eitor Mornine Star It may seem a little presumptrýu5 on the part of a St. Lonisan to invade th 'paee of your ever welcome weekly with i. <.ns con earning the "Mound City," for it has ever been one of the ideas, associated with the people of the Western States, that they are yet as green as their verdure-clad plains, to the present day untouched b7 the pol isbed plowshare; but the motive which prompts these lines will no doubt excuse my bold presumption, and Southern civili zation will lend a gracious ear to what we, if not as leaders of civilization, at least as Catholics, have to say. We are proud of ourselves, and who would notbe in view of the bright pros pects which ie extended before us; pros pects fit to tantalize the slothful devotee of indolence, and stir him up to manly action in the couse of progresst But I seem to hear the inq...

Merning Star and Catholic Messenger. saw o sruuX5 ev axT. 1s3aV431 ii, mu. w' LID wDOMRO. To mend bad sherry-Have a sherry cobbler. A man should never go to eburch with a cough and disturb the rest of the congre gation. An exchange asks, "Where Is Smith ?" We think the right answer is, "Every where." Happiness is a perfume that one cannot shed over another without a few drops fall ing on one's self. Bloggs Lad his nose palled and was asked by a friend to resent it. He said he would next tweak. Advice which, like snow, softly falls, dwells the longer upon, and sinks the deeper into the mind. A brieSess lawyer ought never to be blamed, for it is decidedig wrong to abuse a man without a cause. A man in Boston is said to be so short that when he is ill bedoesn't know whether b lao bas headache or corns. Talk to thyself and Insist on a reply, yet not before the world, let it think that no- i1 body else will talk to thee. h An opponent of the school boards insists e that if you teach a bo...

'orning ftar and Cathoic Messenger gives at oZW _ l_ . SUNDAY. FEBRUARY Yl. IT cousequ a= INTT L UZSCL date, aes LITuxEN EXERCISES. raising, st., Mary's (Archbishop's) Church. - Father Amonge Bourgeois will preach at this church every need be SSunday, Tuesday andThursdsy evening during to meet Lent, at 6 o'clock. until th Cafedral.--Father Milun will preach at this assem church every Sunday at High Mass tnd every atted Wednesday aid Friday evening at 61 o'clock. on Son, Evry Monday evening, at. the me hour, meet o there wil be -the Wy of the Cross. Theex- o'clock ereise on ach of these evening will be fol- th ohi lowed by the Benedictie of the Blessed Sacra- men: Sta. A ds.S eoero n every Sunday at re.ty High Mass, and every Tesday, and Thursday, at 6 o'clock P. ao., by the-r v-FMthr Leneuf. Profe Way of the Crss every Sunday eve ning, a t day, F o'clock. the Sie St. ae s.ermon every Sunda, at High Rev. A Mass, and Wedneday and Friday evenings at of Md hal-past 5 o'lock, by Fath...

Morning Star ang Catholic Messengers SW 0Bw oL5A. ISUNDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1ft. WIT LID WIJXoE. Some men,'like plcturgs, are fitter for a corner than a full light-Seneca. What is the difference between the earth and the sea One is dirty and the other is tidy. An exchange wants to know if the bro therhood o( engineers is held together by railroad ties. Flattery is like the usurer, who makes small loans on short time, and demands exorbitant interest. Shakespeare would never have- said, "What's in an aim t" If he had been hit on the head with a brick. Snmrtyoungschoolma'ams, entirely with out the aid of a sewing-msaohinb frequently collar and euff small boys in less than thirty seconds. " May it ple your honor," exclaimed a juryMan, "Is a-deaf in one ear." "Then you may be execzs as it is necessary for Sjaor to  ear boet ," sald the Judge. A lady boarding-hou keeper, who was affllicted with boarders with ery extensive appetites, seasMoned their has with sunff, because shelbeard the artic...

ng Star an athoic agasbngsr. BMW Pa ArT asBUARn 1s. ta5s I s T ! osais. asa o 5. " tter late than never..U We have e vted (more or less culpably) for some past, to record events of Catholic in terest transpiring in our parih. This neg Ugeep (apparent) has resulted from a va riety of circumstances, and from a diversi ty of aocupations-the consequence of the "jJack-f-Sl--.tades" charecter of your cor sepndent. he past is irrevocable. Let us then, in be hope of a plenary absolution, resume our correspondence. To p'unge at once in medias rea, our vent erable and venerated Archbishop is here in our midst; two of the celebrated Domini can Pbeachers are here; and the devoted, laboring, Marist Community (as has been said of the Poor) "are always with us" all combining; concuring, conducing, to impart to St. James, a sanctifying influence more easily conceived than expressed. The ecclesiastical parish of St. James, has been the sene of the Rev. Dominicans' labors -during the last week or two...